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Kōrero: Rock, limestone and clay

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Raw materials

Horokiwi quarry, Wellington

Horokiwi quarry, Wellington

Rock, limestone and clay production

Rock, limestone and clay production

Downtown Auckland

Downtown Auckland

Phosphate shipment, Ravensbourne

Phosphate shipment, Ravensbourne

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Aggregate

‘Digging with the ko’

‘Digging with the ko’

Road construction, early 1900s

Road construction, early 1900s

Road construction around 1930

Road construction around 1930

Building the Roxburgh dam

Building the Roxburgh dam

Main sources of aggregate

Main sources of aggregate

Quarries

Quarries (1 o 2)

Kāramuramu Island quarry

Kāramuramu Island quarry (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Sources and uses

Blasting, Wilsonville quarry

Blasting, Wilsonville quarry

Waimakariri River

Waimakariri River

The Desert Road

The Desert Road

Greymouth Harbour entrance

Greymouth Harbour entrance

Mangawhai Harbour entrance

Mangawhai Harbour entrance

The Barmac rock crusher

The Barmac rock crusher

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Limestone

Limestone

Limestone, Punakaiki

Limestone, Punakaiki (1 o 3)

Limestone cliffs, Waitomo

Limestone cliffs, Waitomo (2 o 3)

Castle Hill, Canterbury

Castle Hill, Canterbury (3 o 3)

Lime kiln

Taylor's lime works, Dunback

Taylor's lime works, Dunback

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Cement, marble and dolomite

Tarakohe cement works

Tarakohe cement works

Armoured train, Egypt

Armoured train, Egypt

Monument to Nelson’s settlers

Monument to Nelson’s settlers

Working at Tākaka Hill

Working at Tākaka Hill (1 o 2)

Tākaka Hill marble quarry

Tākaka Hill marble quarry (2 o 2)

Breakwater blocks, Wellington Harbour

Breakwater blocks, Wellington Harbour

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Clay

Terracotta bowl

Terracotta bowl

Māori words for soil

Māori words for soil

Cob house

Drainage gang

Ceramics factory kiln

Ceramics factory kiln

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Types of clay

‘The sunbathed clay pit’

‘The sunbathed clay pit’

Matauri Bay clay pit

Matauri Bay clay pit

White sand bunkers

White sand bunkers

Mushroom farming

Mushroom farming

Clay plaque

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Ceramics and pottery

Coal and clay

Clay toilets

Pottery from Temuka

Pottery from Temuka

Crown Lynn dinner set

Crown Lynn dinner set

Mai i te whārangi 9 - Phosphate, sulfur and pumice

Milburn phosphate quarry

Milburn phosphate quarry

Sulfur mining, White Island

Sulfur mining, White Island

Sulfur for fertiliser

Sulfur for fertiliser

Blocks of pumice

Blocks of pumice

Mai i te whārangi 10 - Other minerals

Zeolite

Topdressing

Trimming mica

1950s radio show

1950s radio show

Making asbestos fibrolite

Making asbestos fibrolite

Asbestos prospecting camp

Asbestos prospecting camp

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Carl Walrond, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/rock-limestone-and-clay/media (accessed 2 April 2023)

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006